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Monday, December 24, 2012

Expectations!

Expectations.

its christmas time!

my dear friends. it was a pleasure, that so any people still checked out my blog, even though the last posts were really old.

for me its a fascinating thought that so many people read my words and ideas. so please continue and share, if you like it.

now the long desired christmastime arrived. i love christmas. even though sometimes I'm sad, that the unbelievable excitement and extraordinary joy is not the same as in my childhood. i remember christmas in my family as a time of miracles and wonder, the house filled with the fragrance and lights of the holy night.

so i do my best to bring this feeling to my family. my boys are in an age, where all the traditions are probably a little boring and embarrassing. but our daughter amelie, she is eleven, is so excited that she doesn't sleep well since a view nights. so she just told me, that the 23 th of december is the worst day of the year. well.

now i have to come to a short but very sad story. yesterday i had a deep personal crisis and i had to make a far-reaching decision. do i have to buy a second christmas tree? i mean- a better one?

the beginning of the story: i sent my lovely husband jan to buy a christmas tree. he took my sweet daughter amelie and our good friend uli ( thanks uli, you didn't help in this situation). big mistake. biiiiig mistake.

end of story: we have quite a special tree. in a negative sense.

some quotes:

benedikt, our younger son: its not too bad! (he has a very lovely personality!)

jonathan, our older son: looks like a dying tree!

elias, jonathans lovely friend: this is a really ugly tree.

liz, a good friend: haaahahaaaahaaaa!

so. thats it. i had to write this. my dearest husband needed some punishment at least. (by the way, he still tries to convince me, that this tree is really gorgeous.) he is unbelievable.

so here are some pictures, some images of our christmastime.

i was expecting to have the most beautiful tree to show on the blog. it didn't work out. what else do i expect? some nice gifts, of course, nothing big. i expect to have some peaceful time with my beloved family, good food, stories and laughter. i expect to bring some joy to the kids with some gifts. singing some christmas carols and hearing the christmas story would be nice. thinking of the birth of our lord jesus, the reason for all the expectation and excitement.

may you have a blessed and peaceful christmas time. expect the best time of the year, but be flexible and gracious enough to be happy with the imperfect.